Vacant property attracts vandals

TUCSON - Some people on the Northwest Side are upset about a vacant lot that attracts graffiti.

For years, taggers have vandalized a property on the southwest corner of Oracle and Orange Grove Roads.

Pima County pays a company called Graffiti Protective Coatings $122,000 a year to clean up public property.

Private property owners are not legally required to clean up after vandals. Transportation officials will send letters to property owners to voluntarily fix the problems. That approach is usually pretty successful, according to Julie Simon with the Pima County Transportation Department.